The Sacred Lotus Blooms Again!

This is my "Perry's Giant Sunburst" that i acquired in a swap last year and almost killed! i wanted large leaves for my castings and darn near vitamined (is that a word? guess it is now!) her to death! Very slow starter this year, but she's recovering and giving me a couple of buds.

This is " Red Scarf" - first year for it, growing in a pot, and i'm looking forward to the bloom, even though i primarily purchased the plant for it's leaves. The folks at the establishment where i found it could not tell me how large it would be, and while i'm disappointed to find out the leaves don't get as big as i wanted, this flower will kind of make up for it! This was actually several days ago so i will be posting pics of the blooms soon!